| 'Service Centre
HELP.gv.at
'
of the Federal Chancellery opens its doors in
October
2008
. It offers visitors easy access to administrative information and numerous online
services. The service centre team answers queries about eGovernment in general,
activating the citizen card function on social security eCards and assisting with a variety
of electronic public services. Additionally, queries can be easily submitted to the land
register, commercial register and the central trade register. As these registers are
generally not free of charge, the usual rates have to be provided by applicants.
www.meinbrief.at
, the first privately-run delivery service conforming to the legal
regulations and technical specifications for electronic delivery, is officially licensed and
becomes operational in
September 2008
. It replaces the interim official electronic
delivery service that was launched in 2004 by the Austrian Government.
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